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MikeBurckhard has just posted in the Embroidery / How Do I? forum of AmayaUsers
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Hi Marcus!
There is a way to do this but it still takes a lot of fine tuning and trial and
error on each design. I still break up my designs into 3 sections or so for a
2 color fade. Some of the stitching will overlap so decide which color you
want on top - each design is different and choosing one color over the other
will change the way the design looks so try both! The outer ends will be solid
fills or solid satin shapes. Then I create a "middle section" that overlaps
both colors. The bottom color will usually be close to solid density -
sometimes a little lighter density.
Then, on the top color - the one we want to fade - click on the Effects
sub-category tab under the Top Stitching. In there you select the
"CustomDensity" checkbox and select the "linear" from the dropdown. Then punch
in your Max & Min densities for the fade. If the fade is going the "wrong"
direction you can click and change the direction of the line inside that little
graph off to the right - Top Left to Bottom Right or Bottom Left to Top Right.
You can also experiment with the "exponential" option
Couple notes:
• For a softer, more subtle fade, I put the light color on top and make all the
stitch directions going the same angle.
•For a harder looking fade, put the darker color on top and make the angles
more perpendicular.
•Changing the Fill stitching from Regular to Trapunto will also change the looks
•Adjust your start and stop points so they are on opposite ends of the fade to
avoid a travel stitch running down the middle of the fade.
•The bigger the design, the better this works but I have made it work on some
small sections too!
This really does take some experimentation to get looking good though so dont
be afraid to change those density numbers around and alter the shapes of the
art. You will likely need to adjust each section individually for some
additional pulling too.
I can round up a couple designs I have done if you're interested - just send me
an email.
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